The cruel practice of bear baiting is no way to treat a bear or any animal. The bear is kept in captivity, has had her claws and many of her teeth cut off, and suffers fear and pain as she is attacked by dogs for the entertainment of onlookers.

Jennifer Fearing, California senior state director for The HSUS, issued a statement in response to the California Fish and Game Commission’s decision to table proposals to expand trophy hunting of black bears.

Jennifer Fearing, California senior state director for The HSUS, issued a statement in response to the California Department of Fish and Game rescinding a proposal to expand trophy hunting of black bears.

A network of animal and environment protection groups, including HSI/Canada, condemn the opening of the trophy hunting season for grizzlies and black bears in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest .

Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS, made a statement in response to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's approval of a draft policy to allow trophy hunting of black bears in the state for the first time in five years.